published Jul 14th 2016, 8:17 pm, by Helene Fouquet (Bloomberg) — France has been on maximum security alert for most of the past 18 months, hit by multiple terrorist attacks that have left nearly 230 people dead and hundreds injured. President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency after the

published Sep 1st 2016, 1:37 pm, by Noah Smith (Bloomberg View) — In the age of colonialism, there were mainly two kinds of countries: empires that controlled their economic destinies, and colonies, which were denied the chance to industrialize. After World War II and the end of colonialism, a different